Check out this stunningly clever digital photomontage software that was presented at the 2004 SIGGRAPH conference. It makes the task of combining multiple source images into a single composite that is superior to any one of the sources. There is a 7 minute demonstration video available that's worth the download if your bandwidth can stomach the 140 meg size (I used freecache to make that previous video link).
We describe an interactive, computer-assisted framework for combining parts of a set of photographs into a single composite picture, a process we call "digital photomontage." [...] The power of this framework lies in its generality; we show how it can be used for a wide variety of applications, including "selective composites" (for instance, group photos in which everyone looks their best), relighting, extended depth of field, panoramic stitching, clean-plate production, stroboscopic visualization of movement, and time-lapse mosaics.
For instance you take 4 photos of a group, and in each one someone has their eyes closed. Using this software you can trivially combine the best aspects of the four photos into one.
It can also do things like allow you to take a series of photographs of a landscape from slightly different angles and then composite them together into a single image that has removed all the power lines. My Canon G5 digital camera allows me to take a series of shots to create a panorama, but since I have to take the images in sequence, people moving around or at the image seams can become distracting artifacts. This software makes it easy to remove them.
Found at CleverCS.
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